The question I get most often from people interested in keyboard is this: “I have zero experience — is there any point coming?”
Yes. That is exactly the point.
On Sunday, June 28th, TFC is running a beginner keyboard workshop in Banaswadi — 90 minutes, from 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM, for people who have never touched a keyboard before or tried once and stopped.
Here is exactly what happens in those 90 minutes — and why you will leave playing something real.
Who This Workshop Is For?
This workshop is built for complete beginners.
Not “I know a few notes” beginners. Complete beginners. People who sit in front of a keyboard and do not know where to start.
If you have been watching videos of people playing piano or keyboard and thinking — I wish I could do that — this is the session that answers whether you can.
Spoiler: you can. You just haven’t been shown the right entry point.
The workshop is also for people who tried to learn keyboard before and gave up — usually because the approach was wrong. Too much theory too early. Too much notation before you’d played a single note. Too much of the wrong thing before you’d experienced the right feeling.
One session with the right teacher changes that completely.
What Makes This Different From a Regular Keyboard Class
Most keyboard teaching for beginners starts in the wrong place.
It starts with notation — reading music on a staff, memorising note names, understanding time signatures — before the student has heard what they are capable of producing on the instrument.
This is the equivalent of making someone study a language’s grammar before they’ve heard a single word spoken. Technically rigorous. Practically backwards.
At TFC, we start where the music is.
Hands on the keyboard. First notes in the first five minutes. First chord before the first twenty minutes are done.
Theory follows experience — not the other way around. You hear something, you feel what it produces, and the explanation of why it works lands on a foundation of actual sound rather than abstract notation.
This is what a working musician teaches differently from a classroom teacher. I have been performing for over twenty years — with Twisted Mischief, Ledge 13, Quarter Fret, and Negative Zero. Music is not an academic subject to me. It is something I do. That changes how I teach it.
What You Will Learn in 90 Minutes
Here is the honest answer to what 90 minutes can produce — not a promise of mastery, but a real, usable foundation.
The layout of the keyboard. Where every note is. The pattern of black and white keys and why it repeats. Most beginners spend weeks confused about this — it takes about fifteen minutes to understand permanently if it is explained correctly.
How to find any note instantly. A simple landmark system that means you never have to count from scratch. This is the thing that makes a beginner feel like they know what they are doing — and they will, within the first half hour.
Your first chord. A full chord — three notes, played together, producing a complete sound. This is the moment most people realise what the instrument is actually capable of in their hands. It usually lands within the first twenty to twenty-five minutes.
A second and third chord. And the movement between them. This is where keyboard opens up — once you can move between two or three chords, you can play a recognisable piece of music. Not perfectly. But recognisably.
Playing a song together. The last section of the workshop is everyone playing the same chord progression together — slowly, in time, as a group. If you have never made music with other people before, this moment is different from anything you have experienced by yourself with a tutorial video. It is the reason to come in person rather than watching a screen.
Why You Don’t Need Any Experience
The keyboard is one of the most visually intuitive instruments in existence. Every note has a single, fixed, visible location. There is no fretboard to memorise, no embouchure to develop, no bow technique to build. You press a key — it produces a note. Every time. Reliably. The same note.
This makes keyboard genuinely accessible to a complete beginner in a way that some other instruments are not. The physical barrier to getting your first sound is almost zero.
What most beginners lack is not ability. It is the right entry point — the right sequence of concepts that builds confidence rather than confusion in the first session.
That is what this workshop provides.
The Workshop Details
What: TFC Beginner Keyboard Workshop
When: Sunday, June 28th — 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM
Where: The First Chord Academy, Above IDBI Bank, Subbanapalya, Banaswadi, Bengaluru 560043
Duration: 90 minutes
Price: ₹999
Seats: 5 maximum
Experience needed: None
A keyboard is available at TFC — you do not need to bring one. If you have a keyboard at home and want to bring it, you are welcome to, though it is not required.
What Happens After the Workshop
The workshop is a complete session in itself — you leave having played something real, and with a clear sense of whether keyboard is something you want to continue.
For those who want to keep going:
Regular monthly keyboard classes at TFC start at ₹2,000 for four classes per month. Workshop participants receive ₹500 off the one-time admission fee if they join within seven days — making the effective admission ₹500 instead of ₹1,000.
For faster, more intensive progress — TFC Fast Track offers eight private 1:1 sessions on weekend mornings, covering keyboard, guitar, or ukulele, at ₹15,000.
Book Your Seat
Eight seats. First paid, first confirmed.
📲 WhatsApp 8217506289 — to register.
📅 Sunday, June 28 | 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
📍 Above IDBI Bank, Subbanapalya, Banaswadi, Bengaluru 560043
💰 ₹999
🌐 thefirstchord.com
Eric Rodrigues is the founder of The First Chord Academy in Banaswadi and has performed as lead guitarist and musician with Twisted Mischief, Ledge 13, Quarter Fret, and Negative Zero across Bangalore. He teaches all TFC music workshops personally.